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Equally part of Path of Exile's loaded calendar month of Dec events, Zizaran'due south Gauntlet volition have players racing to take out stronger, healthier, and faster versions of the game's normal monsters, all in hardcore fashion. Players will and so be awarded points based on boss kills, levels gained, and Delve progress. Acme performers volition receive a percentage of a puddle of prize money that has been crowdfunded past community streamers and matched (to a maximum of $25,000) by community streamer Zizaran himself.

The highest-ranked player overall volition win the Gauntlet Trophy and 12% of the pool, while the runner-upwards volition take home 4% of the total prize money. The top performers in each of the game's vii starting classes will also win 8% of the prize pool, with the runners upwardly for each class receiving iv%.

The top five players in each Ascendancy Class will receive the Demigod'south Authority, a unique one-handed sword that increases character size by 5%. The good news for players who desire to get huge: this stacks with other items with the same consequence, like the Demigod'south Bounty belt.

For every graphic symbol that players go to level fifty, they will receive one Atlantis Mystery Box. The Mystery Box will contain a random pick of microtransaction items from two sets of aquatic-themed unique equipment and cosmetics: the Siren set and the Deepwater set.

Players who accomplish certain level thresholds volition also exist entered into random drawings for physical and in-game items, which are listed below:

  • Level fifty: Krangled Gauntlet t-shirt
  • Level lx: Wild Footprints outcome, Faith Baby-sit effect, Rhoa Skull helmet, Lian Li O11 Dynamic Forty PC Case
  • Level seventy: Vampiric portal effect, Arctic portal effect, Infernal Demon Rex portal issue, Oculus Quest 2
  • Level 80: Wasteland character outcome, Ghostflame character result, Water Elemental character effect, MSI 27 inch 1440p 165Hz Monitor
  • Level 85: Gothic armor set, Wasteland armor set, Demon Parasite armor set
  • Level ninety: Jaeger cloak, Sphinx wings, Wild wings, $three,000 PC
  • Level 95: White wings, Dragon Hunter armor set, Stygian Herald outcome

Zizaran's Gauntlet runs from December 10 at three PM ET 12 PM PT until December twenty at three PM ET 12 PM PT.

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